The Winds of Change: The Evolution of the Contemporary American Wind Band/Ensemble and Its Conductor
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The Winds of Change: The Evolution of the Contemporary American Wind Band/Ensemble and Its Conductor

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This expansion on Battisti's The Twentieth Century American Wind Band/Ensemble includes discussions on the contribution of important wind band/ensemble personalities and organizations, and provides important information on hundreds of compositions for this medium. Challenges facing the 21st century wind band/ensemble conductor including training and development are also di...more
Paperback, 414 pages
Published May 1st 2002 by Meredith Music Publications
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Jordan Kinsey
"Prepare [band conductors] more thoroughly for their tasks, placing greater emphasis upon the development of their musicianship and musical integrity as leaders of people. They must be conductors with fanatical devotion to [their] art, with unlimited capacities for work, for study, and with the all-too-absent critical faculty that is granted to the Toscaninis and the Koussevitzkys. They must grow by perpetual industry, by intelligent study, and persistent immersion in the problems and beaut...more
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